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'Gothic heroines fainted so much Because Tight Corsets' is not the amazing argument you think it is- the alternative explanation you present of it being a variant on the 'fight, flight, freeze' response is much stronger, so I don't know why the corset thing was even included. (Also, as a writer, fainting is an easy way to end a scene and get a character out of a situation...)

I definitely get the feeling that the author liked and likely read more of Lennox‘s work than Burney’s, and she does a great job of making me want to read her beyond just the one book as well.

“A favorite pastime of Johnsonians - yes, there are Johnsonians just as there are Janeites - “ e_e

"The Mysteries of Udolpho" is not my favorite book and I don't feel any particular desire to reread it. That said, I'd be interested in reading one of Radcliffe's earlier books (after hitting up Edgeworth, Lennox and Smith, anyway.)